genus colobus

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of Cercopithecidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	colobus, colobus monkey,
definition	:	arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cercopithecidae, family cercopithecidae,
definition	:	Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey (noun.animal)